Saudi Arabia: 172 "terror suspects" arrested

Security forces in Saudi Arabia have arrested 172 national and foreign "terror suspects." Those arrested are alleged to have been training as pilots in order to launch suicide attacks in the country, an interior ministry spokesperson has reported. Large quantities of weapons and money were also seized in the "anti-terror" raid. [AlJazeera, April 27]

From Madrid11.net Security Briefs, April 27

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